Amazon Echo will bring genuinely helpful AI into our homes much sooner than expected
Friday, September 16, 2016 - 08:41
in Mathematics & Economics
What's all the fuss about the voice-activated home speaker that Amazon is due to release in the UK and Germany in late September? This gadget has been available in the US for over a year and has proven a minor hit, with sales estimates between 1.6m and 3m. But these figures belie the potential impact this kind of artificial intelligence device could have on our lives in the near future.